Poultry feeder



July 25, E944. F. w. RADFORD l POULTRY FEEDER Filed July 17, 194s Patented Joly 25, 1944 y 2,354,612

.2,354,612 l y E n POULTRY FijEDERy f FrankW. Radford, Oshkosh, Wis.,'assignor to The Radford Company, Oshkosh, 'Wis;,` aporporm l e .l .I tion of Minnesota. A Application July- 17, 1943, serial No. 495,111 j, 1

3-Claims. (Cl. 119-61) l This invention relatesv to improvements in save the bottom, are constructedofwood, ,and poultry feeders. the bottom member l is of berboard ywhich-is A general object of the present invention is resistant topweather.` vThe woodportions may be to provide a durable, inexpensive, ,and effective treated to preventdecay and the materialof the non-metallic poultry feeder.v j 5 Walls eliminatesrusting, denting and twisting.

' A further object of the invention is 'to provide A particular feature of the, inventionvresides a poultry feeder having wooden side members in the construction, formationiand shapeof the shaped to form at their upper longitudinal marside walls 8. It will be noted from Fig. 2fthat gins integral inwardly projecting lips to prethe lower inner portions of said side wallsuare vent feed from being worked over the sides. grooved as at `l2 and said;grooves accommodate A further object of the invention is to prothe longitudinal side marginal portions` of :the Vide a wooden sided poultry feeder wherein edge berboard bottom- It)l which has itsfendsnailed portions of the sides are formed with shouldered 0r otherwise secured to the. lower raised surfaces recesses for the elevated insertion of a bottom 0f the end walls 9.,y The berbeerd bottom.' iS, and for the flush insertion of end members. 15 therefore, Slightly elevated from the glOlmCIlWth A further object of the invention is to provide thevertical shouldered portions4 vof the .sides 8 a poultry feeder equipped with an adjustable `forming longitudinal legs.; TheV sides 8,'.above reel, the reel being shaped and designed to disthe bottom l0, are of substantial thickness-but courage roosting thereon. from the intermediate portions thereof .upwardly A further object of the invention is to provide the inner faces of the .sidesaare formedswith a Wooden poultry feeder which is of very simple longitudinally extending concavities or recesses construction, which is strong and durable, which I3 Which terminate adjacent-the ll'ppeI-mergins is easy and inexpensive to manufacture and as- 0f the sides; in sharp-inwardly Projecting Shoulsemble, which utilizes a minimuml number of ders or lips I4. Atthe.extremities'ofsthe sides parts, which is neat and attractive in appear- 3,'eXteI1dI1g nweldlyfflomthe inner feces /Of ance, and which is well adapted for the purposes the sides, are dadoes l5 to receive the edge pordescribed, tions of the end members 9.A The-ends may be With the above and other objects in view the held within the dadoes between the sides by nails invention consists of the improved poultry 0r other suitable securing means, aS ShOWn.

feeder, and its parts and combinations as set It Wi11 therefore be noted that the wooden side forth in the claims, and all equivalents thereof. members 8 are of integral 0r One-piece 00n- In the accompanying drawing in which the struction and that their substantial breadth persame reference characters indicate the same mit the formation of the lower grooves for the parts in all of the views: insertion of the bottom I0, the formation of the Fig. 1 is a side view of the improved poultry 35 end vertical dadoes l5 for the flush insertion of feeder; the end members 9, and the formation of the Fig. 2 is a transverse Vertical sectional view inner face longitudinal Curved gI'OOVeS I3 Which taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and on a larger provide lnwardly projecting lips 0r Shoulders I4 Scale; at the top inner edges of the sides. The in- Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view 40 turned lips I4 are integral with the` sides and of the poultry feeder taken on line 3-3 of Fig. eliminate the necessity of auxiliary strips or 2; and shoulders on the sides. Said lips on the inside Fig. 4 is an enlarged bottom view of the poultry edges of the sides are important in preventing feeder with parts broken away and in section. the poultry from billing the mash or feed out of Referring now more particularly to the drawthe feeder.

ing it will appear that the improved poultry The reel II, of wood formation, extends cenfeeder is an elongated trough-like structure comtrally longitudinally of the open upper end of the prising spaced apart parallel side walls 8, end feeder and is shaped in cross-section as best walls 9, and a bottom I0. The end walls 9 are shown in Fig. 2, having radial projections or ribs extended substantially above the upper edges of I6 separated by concave recesses. The outer exthe side walls and the extended portions of said tremities of the ribs I6 are angular to form sharp end walls are of substantially triangular formaedge portions to discourage poultry from roosting tion. Between the extended portions of the end ontheV reel, and facilitate turning movements of walls there is an elevated, adjustable longitudithe reel should a chicken light thereonl The opnal reel Il. All portions of the poultry feeder, posite extremities of the reel are reduced or rounded, as at I1, providing bearing shaft portions.

One of the end walls 9 is formed with a pair of spaced vertically alined apertures I8 in its extended portion, said apertures being for the purpose of selectively rotatably receiving thereduced shaft lportion II at one end of the reel. 'I'he other end Wall 9 has in its upper extension and positioned to correspond with the location of the apertures I8, a vertical U-slot I9 in which the shaft portion I1 at the corresponding end of the reely is engaged, If the reel is to be located in its lowermost position, one end I'I of the reel is lodged within the lower aperture I8 and the other end I1 of the reel is lodged within the bottom portion of the U-slot I9, as shown in Fig. 2. An elongated nail or pin 20 may be inserted into registering bores to position over the end of the reel to prevent displacement of the same from the slot. If the reel is to be located in its upper positionof adjustment an end Il of the reel is located in the uppermost aperture I8 and the other end of the reel is lodged within the U-slot I9 over the inserted nail 20 and below a second removable nail 2I. The nails 20 and 2| are, o course,` readily removable to permit lifting the reel out of the slot I9 for withdrawal of the opposite end of the reel from the engaged aperture I8.

i Theimproved non-metallic poultry feeder is obviously of very simple construction and utilizes a minimum number of parts. The specific formation of the sides 8 results in a strongand sturdy construction and permits the effective flush mounting of the ends and raised mounting? of the bottom, as described, together with the lintegral formation of the upper in-turned lips.

The improved poultry feeder .is relatively easy and inexpensive to manufacture and assemble, is

.dur-able, and is well adapted for the purposes seti' forth.

What is claimed as the invention is:

1. A non-metallic poultry feeder, comprising an open top container-formed from connected board bottom, the sides being of substantial thickness and .having their inner faces each vtogether wooden sides,wooden ends, and a iiber"v 45 formed with a longitudinal, relatively wide concavity which terminates in an abrupt, inwardly projecting, integral retaining lip at the upper margin of a side.

' 2'. A non-metallic poultry feeder, comprising spaced-apart Wooden side members of substantial thickness and formed with shouldered recesses along their vertical end edges and with shouldered recesses along their lower longitudinal edges, said sides also having the upper portions of their inner faces formed with wide longitudinally extending concavities terminating in inwardly projecting, longitudinal, integral, retaining lips at their upper margins, Wooden end members having their vertical side edges secured within the vertical shouldered recesses of the side members, the wooden end members extending substantially above the upper margins of the sides, a flat berboard bottom member having its opposite longitudinal edge portions secured within the longitudinal shouldered recesses of said side members and slightly elevated relative to the base portions thereof, and a vertically adjustable and removable wooden reel mounted longitudinally over the container with its extremities journalled in the upwardly extended portions of the ends, the major portions of said reel having radial, angularly shaped ribs with sharp outer edge portions.

3. A poultry feeder, comprising an open top container formed from connected together sides, ends and a bottom, the ends extending above the upperv margins of the sides, one of the extended end portions being formed with a pair of vertically spaced sockets and the other of said extended end portions being formed with an upwardly opening slot, removable means extended into said last-mentioned end portion and across portions of the slot toselectively divide the slot into sockets corresponding Vin elevation with the sockets in the otherY end portion, and a reel mounted longitudinally over the container and having a pairof. shafts at opposite ends thereof, said shafts being removably journaled in selected corresponding sockets in said end portions.

FRANK W. RADFORD. 

